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A 66-million-year-old gastropod fossil was found at a 5,000-year-old settlement in Ankara; ancient inhabitants may have brought it there | World News

PC: Anadolu Agency of Turkey A 66-million-year-old gastropod fossil has been discovered at an archaeological site in Ankara, Turkey. Excavators uncovered the fossil during work at Kulhoyuk in the Oyaca neighbourhood of Ankara’s Golbasi district. Researchers believe it dates to one of the final phases of the Tethys Sea, an ancient body of water that […]

‘Compromised PM Modi again surrendering to U.S. pressure’: Rahul on government’s UPI move

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday (September 15, 2026) alleged that the Modi government has quietly paved the way for imposing fees on UPI transactions and that a “compromised” Prime Minister Narendra Modi was “once again surrendering” to American pressure. The Congress raised questions over the government’s notification on UPI transactions, claiming that the stage […]

US court blocks Trump administration’s four-year visa rule for international students and researchers

US federal court blocks Trump administration’s four-year visa rule for international students, researchers, blocking Sept 15 implementation. In a major reprieve for international students, researchers, academics and foreign journalists, a US federal district court has blocked the Trump administration from implementing a new rule that would replace the longstanding ‘duration of status’ system with fixed […]

Meet Indian-origin scientist Sethuraman Panchanathan, the first Indian American named for the National Academy of Engineering’s Arthur M. Bueche Award

He is the first Indian American to receive the Arthur M. Bueche Award in its more than 40-year history In 1969, eight-year-old Sethuraman Panchanathan stood in a queue outside the American Center in Chennai with his father and hundreds of others. They had come to see rocks brought back from the Moon during the Apollo […]

Meet Agimol Pradeep, Indian-origin UK nurse who won the Global Nursing Award worth $250,000 for increasing organ donation and transplantation within UK’s South Asian community

Agimol Pradeep, an Indian-origin nurse based in the UK, recently won the Aster Guardians Global Nursing Award 2026. On Saturday, Kerala Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan presented the cash prize of $250,000 to the nurse at an event held in Kochi. It was Pradeep’s contribution to greater awareness of organ and stem-cell donation over the years […]

All of Ukraine is a target: Russia on strike near Poland

The Kremlin said Monday it would keep striking targets across the “whole” of Ukraine, when asked about a rare drone attack on the Polish border. Nato-member Poland said Sunday that Russia had hit a railway locomotive inside Ukraine, about 2 km from their shared border, just days after Kyiv said it had hit a crossing […]

Saudi military airbase hit as Houthis launch fresh attacks

Arab states in the Gulf called off a meeting with Iran planned for Monday, while Yemen’s Houthis launched a new attack on Saudi after fighting that has extended the war in West Asia to another theatre.The Iran-aligned Houthis in Yemen said they fired dozens of missiles and drones on Monday at a Saudi military airbase […]

Emmys 2026 Winners: Full List of Emmy Awards Winners

The 78th Primetime Emmy Awards are underway at Los Angeles’ Peacock Theater, with HBO Max’s The Pitt and Hacks entering the night as the dominant contenders after leading the 2026 nominations. The Pitt enters with 25 nominations, the highest total of the year, after winning Outstanding Drama Series at the 2025 ceremony, while Noah Wyle […]

‘Vessel attacked by Iran twice’: US rejects IRGC claim that Panama-flagged tanker hit naval mine in Hormuz

The Panama-flagged vessel was also struck on Sunday (Representative image: AP). The US military on Monday rejected a claim by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards that an oil tanker collided with a naval mine in the Strait of Hormuz.According to US Central Command (CENTCOM), which oversees American military operations in the Middle East, the Panama-flagged vessel was […]

A 26-year-old Canadian hacker breached 165 companies and exposed data linked to 100 million people, but an investigation eventually led to his guilty plea | World News

A hacking operation that began in early 2024 reached far beyond the companies directly targeted. A 26-year-old Canadian man, Connor Riley Moucka of Kitchener, Ontario, has admitted taking part in a campaign that compromised data held by at least 165 customers of a US-based software company. The stolen material ran into billions of records and […]